Re: New module proposal: tracker

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeenix gmail com>]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com> wrote:
> On 13/11/09 17:21, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>   So now that tracker is a blessed external dep of GN(u)OME, can
>> issues like these be fixed soon(ish):
>>
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601799
>>
>>    Its not just important from academic POV but it will also help
>> facilitate the migration of apps from 0.6 to 0.7.
>
> Both versions are parallel installable. This is only useful for developers
> though. Why would you want two indexers on your machine running at the same
> time?

  So tell me, how do I test my app if there is no data available to
Tracker for me to query?

> Somethings are not renamed like tracker-preferences and other UI apps, but
> to be honest, if you want to test this properly you should probably use a
> separate prefix.

  I would have thought about doing so in the first place if I wasn't
told that they are parallel installable. Now the damage is done. :)

> I think the only things that don't work in the same prefix are:
>
> - tracker-* UI apps
> - tracker-* utils (like tracker-stats)
> - man pages
> - the icons

  Hence saying that both version are parallel installable is not
entirely true and would only lead to further confusion.

> We have recently discussed this here:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/tracker-list/2009-November/msg00177.html

  Thanks, I'll read that.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124